Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham
Historical Description
Monk Wearmouth Shore, a township in the parish of Monk Wearmonth, forming part of the county borough of Sunderland, in Durham. Area, 277 acres, besides 126 of water and foreshore; population, 20,077. See SUNDERLAND.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Civil parish | Monk Wearmouth | |
Poor Law union | Sunderland | |
Ward | Chester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Monk Wearmouth Shore from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wearmouth-Shore, Monk)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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